These cake-like biscuits were immortalised by French writer Marcel Proust in his novel, Á la Recherche du Temps Perdu.

In his novel, the main character's mind is transported back to his childhood with a bite of the light and fluffy cake.

"And suddenly the memory revealed itself: The taste was that of the little piece of Madeleine which on Sunday mornings at Combray when I went to say good morning to her in her bedroom, my aunt Léonie used to give me, dipping it first in her own cup of tea..."

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